Suns Draft Notebook: Top Guards to Target at No. 10

The Phoenix Suns have a glaring position problem heading into tonight's NBA Draft.

After trading Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets Sunday, the Suns are loaded up at the shooting guard position with Devin Booker, Bradley Beal, Jalen Green and Grayson Allen.

Green and Booker figure to be the future starting backcourt, so Phoenix does not really need to target a guard in the draft after acquiring the No. 10 pick from Houston in the return for Durant.

However, the Suns are still reshaping their roster, and Beal and Allen could both be moved to different teams next year, so Phoenix could look for a guard with potential that could play off the bench for now and develop down the road.

Any guard, whether it be point or shooting, is still the least likely position the Suns look for with the 10th pick compared to bigs and wings, but there are still some talented options.

The Suns also have the 29th, 52nd and 59th pick in the draft, but the No. 10 selection has the most eyes on it to be a building block moving forward.

If Phoenix goes for talent and arguably best available pick at 10, there are three guards that stand out from that projected range:

Jeremiah Fears, PG, Oklahoma

• 18 years old, 6'3", 180 lbs

Fears likely won't fall to 10, but enters the draft as a very dynamic prospect after one season at Oklahoma, where he burst onto the scene as an electric guard.

On the Suns, Fears would be a dynamite scoring option off the bench and also is very skilled as a playmaker, which Phoenix lacks currently outside of Booker.

Fears has a lot of improvement to make with his shooting ability and defense, but could run the offense when Booker or Green goes to the bench.

He then could develop into a very promising player down the line if he excels off the bench.